Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Charleston area bloggers meeting at Taylor Books

There's a somber mood in Charleston this morning as we woke to find out that only one of the trapped miners survived. We went to bed last night believing that only one had died. The photo shows an earlier and a later edition of the Charleston Gazette. I still haven't heard exactly where the miscommunication occurred... but of course it only made the bad news that much worse to take.

I'm waiting for the other guys to show up. Here comes Stacey Abshire now.

Insanity... people are on their way to work. That's how we dress for work. I have on black jeans and a leather jacket (my uniform) so I'm pretty casual. Not a tie in the bunch though. It was noted that the women who said they might come didn't show. I don't know why. We also expected Don Surber but he normally is at work at the newspaper at that hour and would have had to get away for a bit to make it. It's a big news day and not a good time for him to be leaving the office I'm sure.

I also had a great time! I'm looking forward to CAB2. I suggest that we go ahead and mark a future date on the calendar. Maybe we can get a couple of local women bloggers to attend the next get together.

I'm sorry that Don missed the event but understand due to the big news day. I think Rick's photo of the Charleston Gazette says it all -- from triump to tragedy. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the families and communities in Upshur County.

Rick -- your face looks much more "slim and trim" in the photo than in person. Hmmmm. . .

I can't tell from the picture there, but are both of those the local Charleston area editions of the Gazette? The "state edition", which I'm assuming is printed earlier to get it out to those readers in outlying regions, had another headline that simply reported "Body of Miner Found".

Love all the snarky comments, but seriously folks, please come next time. We set the next event for Feb. 1 at 8:00 a.m. at Taylor Books. I hope we do a better job at getting the word out this time.

Raging Red has labeled us the He-Man Woman Haters Club. While I know she has done it in good fun, it was never our intent to make this a meeting Chinos Club or the Charleston Area Bloggers county club.

The blogosphere is a very diverse place and we really would be interested in meeting women bloggers and people who don’t dress like us.